Metadelphax propinqua

Metadelphax propinqua is a species of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae.[1][2] It is found in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, Oceania, South America, and Southern Asia.[2][3] It is an introduced species in the Nearctic and Neotropic.[4]

Metadelphax propinqua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Delphacidae
Genus: Metadelphax
Species:
M. propinqua
Binomial name
Metadelphax propinqua
(Fieber, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Delphacodes neopropinqua Muir, 1917
  • Delphacodes subfusca Muir, 1919

References
  1. "Metadelphax propinqua Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  2. "Metadelphax propinqua Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  3. Bartlett C, Webb M (2014). "The planthopper genus Spartidelphax, a new segregate of Nearctic Delphacodes (Hemiptera, Delphacidae)". ZooKeys 453: 19-36.
  4. Bugguide.net. Metadelphax propinqua
  • Gonzon, Anthony T., and Charles R. Bartlett (2007). "Systematics of Hadropygos n.g., Metadelphax Wagner and New World Toya Distant (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 133, no. 3+4, 205-277.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
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